What's the difference between clasp and embrace?

Clasp


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To shut or fasten together with, or as with, a clasp; to shut or fasten (a clasp, or that which fastens with a clasp).
  • (v. t.) To inclose and hold in the hand or with the arms; to grasp; to embrace.
  • (v. t.) To surround and cling to; to entwine about.
  • (n.) An adjustable catch, bent plate, or hook, for holding together two objects or the parts of anything, as the ends of a belt, the covers of a book, etc.
  • (n.) A close embrace; a throwing of the arms around; a grasping, as with the hand.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) This permitted employment of cast combined crowns with wide perigingival metal rims to support the clasp dentures to make them look better when supplying 73 patients with partial removable dentures.
  • (2) The RPI clasp assembly generated the most uniform stresses.
  • (3) The author uses his experience as a certified dental technician to discuss arch and tooth preparation, clasping, and proper impression technique.
  • (4) Tightening of clasps already in contact with a tooth frequently produces adverse changes.
  • (5) Fabrication of a provisional restoration to fit the existing clasp assembly requires special consideration.
  • (6) Differences between frameworks, number of clasps, and depth of undercuts were all significant.
  • (7) It was concluded that the gingivally approaching clasp is potentially damaging.
  • (8) He was pictured standing silently with his hands clasped and holding his order of service as others around him sang God Save the Queen, and was later forced to confirm that he would sing the anthem at future events.
  • (9) The abutment tooth is then prepared, providing adequate clearance between the clasp assembly and the tooth preparation.
  • (10) The following therapeutic proposal was adapted: On the maxilla, a three-step procedure: first step: building of metal copings on 13, 16 and 26 and metal-ceramic crowns on 11 and 21, second step: building of telescop crowns on 16 and 26 and clasps on 13, 11 and 21, third step: casting of the removable partial denture framework and soldering to the telescop crowns and clasps.
  • (11) A certain degree of deterioration of occlusion, articulation, stability and clasp retention of the dentures fitted did occur, however.
  • (12) In a 16-year-old girl, congenital extensor deficiency of the hand with absence of true clasping of the thumb was transmitted by an autosomal dominant mechanism of inheritance.
  • (13) Loads applied to the denture saddle were transmitted through the occlusal rest and also the clasp components causing movement of both denture saddle and the abutment tooth.
  • (14) The purpose of this study was to investigate the differences in the material and the variation among individual technicians in the retentive force of both clasps.
  • (15) In the case of soldering electrically wrought wire clasps to metal structures such as rests and connectors, there is no fear of of overheating a wide area of wires.
  • (16) The patient tries to smile, but her fingers are clasped together while her nails claw at the flesh on the back of her hands, and the tears continue to pour down.
  • (17) Blindfolded subjects clasped the opposite surfaces of an object with the same frontal profile as the visual figure between thumb and forefinger and moved the latter together from end to end across the object.
  • (18) They really ought to have done more, bearing in mind Pantilimon had needed three attempts to clasp a low cross from Chelsea's first attack of any real threat, 21 minutes into the game.
  • (19) After testimony finished for the day he stood for the jury’s exit, his hands clasped, staring down at the desk in front of him.
  • (20) clasps give only small vibration when the path of removal is adjusted.

Embrace


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To fasten on, as armor.
  • (n.) To clasp in the arms with affection; to take in the arms; to hug.
  • (n.) To cling to; to cherish; to love.
  • (n.) To seize eagerly, or with alacrity; to accept with cordiality; to welcome.
  • (n.) To encircle; to encompass; to inclose.
  • (n.) To include as parts of a whole; to comprehend; to take in; as, natural philosophy embraces many sciences.
  • (n.) To accept; to undergo; to submit to.
  • (n.) To attempt to influence corruptly, as a jury or court.
  • (v. i.) To join in an embrace.
  • (n.) Intimate or close encircling with the arms; pressure to the bosom; clasp; hug.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The new Somali government has enthusiastically embraced the new deal and created a taskforce, bringing together the government, lead donors (the US, UK, EU, Norway and Denmark), the World Bank and civil society.
  • (2) To become president of Afghanistan , Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai changed his wardrobe and modified his name, gave up coffee, embraced a man he once denounced as a “known killer” and even toyed with anger management classes to tame a notorious temper.
  • (3) Republicans embraced it as a counter to federal school initiatives.
  • (4) Greece sincerely had no intention of clashing with its partners, Varoufakis insisted, but the logic of austerity was such that policies conducted in its embrace could only fail.
  • (5) IDCs sometimes embraced or contacted lymphocytes, suggesting their role in the differentiation of the latter cells.
  • (6) After bone-union the embracing ring device was removed in conjunction with external lotion and active exercises.
  • (7) Slaven Bilic must show West Ham he is more than a rock star manager | Aleksandar Holiga Read more For Sullivan and co, however, it is a nightmare they are embracing, one which has provided a shot at European football and the opportunity for Bilic to begin with an immediate feelgood run.
  • (8) We are not doing it as loudly, we're not embracing it quite as much, but the fact of the matter is we do need a much more stimulative fiscal policy."
  • (9) The indications were initially restrictive but now embrace the quasi-totality of gallstones, complicated or not, and in particular when the patient's general condition is fragile.
  • (10) At birth, most cochlear neurons displayed peripheral arbors that embraced both inner and outer hair cell receptors.
  • (11) The bi-annual Leonard Cohen Event was initially hosted during Cohen’s silent period when the singer embraced Buddhism and entered the Mount Baldy Zen Centre to live in seclusion as a Rinzai monk.
  • (12) Blowing up the flats will on the one hand "serve as an unforgettable statement of how Glasgow is confidently embracing the future and changing for the better", while on the other it will "serve as a respectful recognition and celebration of the role the Red Road flats have played in shaping the lives of thousands of city families for whom these flats have simply been home … " According to David Zolkwer, who as the games' artistic director may have had the idea, the demolition will be "a bold and confident statement that says: 'Bring on the future'."
  • (13) These processes are structurally stable rearrangements of tissue morphology and are spread in the tissue as a wave embracing more and more cells.
  • (14) So, if the Fed is afraid that the fiscal cliff may cause a disruption so big that even the Fed's all-encompassing embrace of the markets can't fix it, then it's Chairman Bernanke's word – and not that of Congress – that carries the most weight.
  • (15) Trump, embracing the spirit of the “lock her up” mob chants at his rallies, threatened: “If I win I am going to instruct my attorney general to get a special prosecutor to look into your situation – there has never been so many lies and so much deception,” he threatened.
  • (16) It represents a temporary drop in traditionally defined living standards, in exchange for a more equitable and sustainable future – a concept that our grandparents' generation embraced, as they endured rationing but also produced the NHS, social housing and social security.
  • (17) It was on that occasion that then-opposition leader Tony Abbott said , “we have never fully made peace with the first Australians ... we need to atone for the omissions and for the hardness of heart of our forbears to enable us all to embrace the future as a united people”.
  • (18) It will highlight the importance of our sport embracing innovation and change as we move forward.
  • (19) Attempts at such prevention inevitably also embrace prevention of the extraosseous consequences of autonomous hyperparathyroidism, such as the effects of hypercalcaemia, need for parathyroid surgery, and, perhaps, toxic effects of the parathyroid hormone.
  • (20) For Davutoglu, this ambition entails a "comprehensive" approach embracing enhanced economic, cultural and social ties as well as political and security relations.